"Dick Margulis" > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote:
>
>>
>> We buy lard in large packet in the supermarket Goose fat too but I
>> haven't seen duck or chicken fat. We can also buy what we call
>> 'dripping'
>> which it the fat from pigs
>>
>
> The lard available in supermarkets here is in one-pound blocks, in
> cartons, like butter. It is preserved with BHT and it is not leaf lard. If
> you want that, you have to buy the fat from the butcher and render it
> yourself (or use as is).
>
> In 1890, there were more geese than chickens in the US. Now, I'd guess 95%
> of the American public has never tasted goose. You can only buy it for
> about a week or two around the holidays. Goose fat is only available by
> buying a goose and rendering the fat yourself. Similarly, duck fat is
> home-rendered. Duck is readily available in supermarkets but still
> something that most people never buy. You can actually buy rendered
> chicken fat in the supermarket. It comes in plastic tubs.

Thanks Dick I can see we have things to learn from each other